DAFT AS A BRUSH CANCER PATIENT CARE CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 328432 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DAFT AS A BRUSH CANCER CARE CHARITABLE TRUST, DOXFORD HALL CHARITABLE TRUST, PES ASSOCIATES CHARITABLE TRUST

To relieve the suffering and improve the condition of life of persons suffering from cancer in particular but not exclusively by the provision of transport for any person or persons suffering from cancer to attend hospital appointments and/or other appointments for treatment of, therapy for and/or other rehabilitation from their illness.

Objects

TO ADVANCE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income gain of £46,918 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £6,768,507. The trustees confirmed that free reserves of £1,408,129 were held broadly in line with the charity's reserves policy, and the auditor found no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Daft As A Brush Cancer Care Charitable Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £775k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~105.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 10.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adam Chapman
• Colin Blair
• IAN DAVID PEDLEY
• Ian William Farrer
• James William Prest
• Lord John Warren Shipley
• Stephanie North

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Gateshead · Middlesbrough · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH TRUST CIO.

• THE CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH TRUST CIO income £502k
• CANCER AWARENESS TRUST income £1.1m
• TOGETHER AGAINST CANCER income £508k
• FUTURE DREAMS TRUST LIMITED income £2.1m
• BABONS CANCER SUPPORT income £107k
• CANCER RELIEF UK income £229k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.